Autistic children's hand preferences: Results from an epidemiological study of infantile autism

Gillberg, Christopher

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(83)90025-2

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“…In the several studies she reviewed, she found that a dramatically disproportionate number of autistic children, compared with agematched peers, favoured their left hand or showed a mixed hand preference. Others have reported similar findings (Barry & James, 1978;Boucher, 1977;Colby & Parkison, 1977;Cornish & McManus, 1996;Gillberg, 1983;Soper et al, 1986;Tsai, 1982Tsai, , 1983Tsai & Stewart, 1982). Perhaps even more telling than the high incidence of non-right-handedness is the discovery that many autistic youngsters display ambiguous handedness (Soper et al, 1986).…”

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Hand preferences in sign-learning students with autistic disorder

Bonvillian¹,

Gershoff²,

Seal³

et al. 2001

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The purpose of the study was fourfold: (a) to document the hand preferences of nonspeaking individuals with autism as they produced signs and nonsign actions; (b) to find out if sign-language proficiency in such individuals is associated with directionality or consistency of signing hand preference; (c) to explore the link between hand preference for signing and standardised measures of cognitive and motor development; (d) to compare the hand preferences (sign and nonsign actions) of such individuals to sign-learning children with normal cognitive functioning. In this study, the hand preferences of 14 nonspeaking students with autistic disorder were determined from videotape records of their sign production and nonsign actions. In their sign production, four students strongly favoured their right hands, four had a distinct left-hand preference, and six did not significantly favour either hand. There was little evidence linking sign-language proficiency, cognitive maturity, or motor development to strongly lateralised signing or

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Hand preferences in sign-learning students with autistic disorder

Bonvillian¹,

Gershoff²,

Seal³

et al. 2001

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“…An increased incidence of left handedness (LH) in children with autism compared to children in the normal population is well documented in the literature (e.g., Gillberg, 1983;Leboyer, Osherham, Nostem, & Robertou,x, 1988;Tsai, 1983;Soper et al, 1986), and as such is consistent 1Address all correspondence to Kim Cornish, Room B556, Faculty of Medicine, B Floor, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.…”

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“…However clinical studies in children with autism have consistently failed to confirm this hypothesis, reporting either bilateral damage (e.g., Tsai & Stewart, 1982) or right hemisphere insult (e.g., Gillberg, 1983).…”

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confidence: 97%

Hand preference and hand skill in children with autism

Cornish

McManus

1996

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…As non-right handedness has been reported to be more common in children with autism (Gillberg 1983;Lewin et al 1993;Dane and Balci 2007) and delayed speech is one of the early signs of autism, the studies cited above raise the question of a possible link between autism and antenatal U/S exposure. In addition, a recently reported study of prenatal exposure to U/S in mouse models found an effect on neuronal migration in the cerebral cortex (Ang et al 2006); neuronal migration may be a cellular mechanism contributing to autism (reviewed in Keller and Persico 2003).…”

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“…Impairments in communication are a defining characteristic of ASD and non-right handedness has been reported to be more common in children with autism (Gillberg 1983;Lewin et al 1993;Dane and Balci 2007).…”

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Antenatal Ultrasound and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Grether

Yoshida

et al. 2009

J Autism Dev Disord

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We evaluated antenatal ultrasound (U/S) exposure as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), comparing affected singleton children and control children born 1995-1999 and enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente health care system. Among children with ASD (n = 362) and controls (n = 393), 13% had no antenatal exposure to U/S examinations; case-control differences in number of exposures during the entire gestation or by trimester were small and not statistically significant. In analyses adjusted for covariates, cases were generally similar to controls with regard to the number of U/S scans throughout gestation and during each trimester. This study indicates that antenatal U/S is unlikely to increase the risk of ASD, although studies examining ASD subgroups remain to be conducted.

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Autistic children's hand preferences: Results from an epidemiological study of infantile autism

Cited by 48 publications

References 16 publications

Hand preferences in sign-learning students with autistic disorder

Hand preferences in sign-learning students with autistic disorder

Hand preference and hand skill in children with autism

Antenatal Ultrasound and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

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